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Broadcast journalist Ted Koppel, the longest-serving news anchor in U.S. television history, will be the guest speaker at �԰�����’s Fall 2017 Distinguished Lecture Series. His presentation will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Laurie Auditorium on the �԰����� campus. The event is free and open to the public, and seating will be on a first-come, first-seated basis. No tickets are required.

During the course of a career that spanned more than 50 years, Koppel was an eyewitness to history by covering President John F. Kennedy’s funeral, Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights march, the presidency of Richard Nixon, and conflicts in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. He was the first journalist to interview Nelson Mandela upon Mandela’s release after 27 years in a South African prison.

Koppel was the anchor and managing editor of Nightline for more than 26 years, earning him the distinction as the longest-serving news figure. After leaving ABC in 2005, Koppel worked with colleagues to produce 20 hours of documentaries for the Discovery Network, where he served as managing editor. He has been a contributing analyst for BBC America and a special correspondent for Rock Center, the NBC News magazine program.

His most recent book, a New York Times��������ٲ���������,��Lights Out, evaluates potential ways for the U.S. to prepare for a cyber catastrophe. In addition, Koppel serves as commentator and non-fiction book reviewer for National Public Radio and is a contributing columnist to The New York Times,��The Wall Street Journal,�����Ի���The Washington Post. He has undertaken a new assignment for CBS News as senior contributor to The CBS Sunday Morning Show.

In 2012, New York University named Koppel one of the 100 outstanding journalists in the United States in the last 100 years. When he left ABC News after 42 years, he was the most honored reporter in that network’s history, having received more Overseas Press Club awards than the previous record holder, Edward R. Murrow, and eight George Foster Peabody awards. Television’s equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize is the Columbia-DuPont award, and Koppel has won 12 of them. He has also been awarded 42 Emmys, including one for lifetime achievement.